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Java Duration Class | withSeconds() Method with Example

Duration Class withSeconds() method: Here, we are going to learn about the withSeconds() method of Duration Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on May 17, 2020

Duration Class withSeconds() method

• withSeconds() method is available in java.time package.
• withSeconds() method is used to represent this Duration with the given seconds.
• withSeconds() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• withSeconds() method may throw an exception at the time of representing Duration with the given seconds.
  DateTimeException: This exception may throw when the given parameter is not valid.

Syntax:

    public Duration withSeconds(int sec_val);

Parameter(s):

• int sec_val – represents the seconds by which to represent this Duration.

Return value:

The return type of this method is Duration, it returns Duration with the given seconds.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of withSeconds(int sec_val) method of Duration

import java.time.*;

public class WithSecondsfDuration {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiates two Duration objects
        Duration du1 = Duration.ofMinutes(2);
        Duration du2 = Duration.parse("P0DT1H0M");

        // Display du1 and du2
        System.out.println("du1: " + du1);
        System.out.println("du2: " + du2);

        // represents this Duration
        // du1 with the given seconds
        Duration with_seconds = du1.withSeconds(15);

        // Display with_seconds
        System.out.println("du1.withSeconds(15): " + with_seconds);

        // represents this Duration
        // du2 with the given seconds
        with_seconds = du2.withSeconds(30);

        // Display with_seconds
        System.out.println("du2.withSeconds(30): " + with_seconds);
    }
}

Output

du1: PT2M
du2: PT1H
du1.withSeconds(15): PT15S
du2.withSeconds(30): PT30S